scholarly journals Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange?

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Burgess ◽  
Daniel Durrant
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Community Currency ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Fiscal Austerity ◽  
Ongoing Programme ◽  
Eu Accession Countries

Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of ‘time banking’ by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on communities exhibiting high levels of deprivation within a small Cambridgeshire town (Wisbech, UK) which is geographically isolated and characterised by low-skilled, agri-food based employment opportunities that attracted high levels of inward migration from the A8 EU accession countries. In separating the rhetoric from the reality of co-production, the research aims to shed some light upon the extent to which such initiatives can realistically engender a shift towards a more reciprocal economy in the context of an ongoing programme of fiscal austerity.

The Unilateral Euroisation Debate in Central and Eastern European EU Accession Countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-157
Author(s):  
C. Wójcik ◽  
P. Backé
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Monetary Integration ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Macroeconomic Policies ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Maastricht Criteria ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Eu Accession Countries

This paper provides an analysis of the economic benefits, costs and risks that a fast unilateral euroisation would have for the Central and Eastern European EU accession countries. In doing so, a comprehensive and broad overview of the euroisation debate is presented. The overall conclusion from the analysis is that, at this stage, the economics of a rapid unilateral euroisation are highly ambiguous and probably even harmful for the accession countries. However, there are good reasons to believe that the cost-benefit balance of full monetary integration will turn positive for some accession countries within a few years if sound macroeconomic policies are retained, the Maastricht criteria are fulfilled and structural reforms are carried on further to underpin the sustainability of convergence.

scholarly journals Exploring the sophistication in services exports

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-209
Author(s):  
Falguni Pankaj Desai
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
New Member States ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Modern Services ◽  
Eu New Member States ◽  
India And China ◽  
Eu Accession Countries ◽  
The Eu

The paper aims at providing empirical evidence of increasing sophistication in services exported by the developing countries.The last two decades have witnessed  a phenomenal rise not only in the share of services traded by both developed and developing countries , but also, a structural shift in favour of trade in modern services as against dominance of  traditional services. Spanning over a period of 10 years i.e. from 2000 to 2010 we examine and compare the changing composition and sophistication in services exported by 38 countries comprising: Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China (BRICs), European Union (EU)-15 countries, 12-EU New Member States (EU-NMS), 5-EU Accession countries (EU- ACC), USA and Japan. We use the methodology developed by Hausmann et al (2007) which measures the level of sophistication associated with country’s export basket of goods. But in this paper we have applied this methodology to study sophistication in the export of services instead of goods.  We find that there is a big divide in the values of the sophistication index between EU-15 and EU-ACC, the latter exhibiting considerable lower values of the index.  But the gap in the value of the sophistication index between EU-15 and India, Russia, and some of the EU-NMS has narrowed. 

scholarly journals Economic Integration and Manufacturing Location in EU Accession Countries

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Simonetta Longhi ◽  
Peter Nijkamp ◽  
Iulia Traistaru
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Data ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Factor Endowments ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Manufacturing Location ◽  
Eu Accession Countries

This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in European Union accession countries. Using regional data for the period 1990-1999, we identify and compare patterns and determinants of manufacturing location in five countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. Our research results indicate that factor endowments and geographic proximity to large markets determine the location of manufacturing in these countries.

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